Sugar box
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1795
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
NT 617448.1
Summary
A sugar box (pot à sucre Calabre), soft-paste porcelain, painted with flowers in reserves against a oiel-de-perdrix (partridge eye) ground, base inscribed in blue enamel with four dots mark of Pierre-Théodore Buteux, a painter and gilder (act 1765-1784), a painter’s mark ‘f x’ for Francoise-Philippe Descoins (act. 1780-99?) a flower painter (1793-1804), and ‘RF’ (République Française) and ‘Sevres’, Sèvres, France, c. 1795. Note: possibly made as a replacement to an earlier service.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of sugar box: Four blue dots Base of sugar box: Mark: 'f x' Base of sugar box: Mark: ‘RF’ Base of sugar box: Mark: 'Sevres’
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , ceramic manufacturer